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Retail therapy
Nov. 12th, 2011 08:58 pmWent out today to look at winter coats and ended up with one i think i'll be happy with. My old one wasn't overly warm and was open at the neck at cuffs and on very cold or wet days it wasn't really great. My old one is fine for early winter and late winter when it's not really sub zero or snowy but the new one will be good for the real winter weather when i'm out waiting for busses. It's a bit longer than my old one too which will keep my legs a bit warmer and it's light and nylon type covering and I think it might be a bit more weatherproof. It's got a hood as well which is really good. Old one didn't and i don't like to wear hats. It's a dark grey with a bit of a plaid design through it but it's muted. It wasn't Mom's favourite, she preferred some of the woolen ones that were a bit dressier but I didn't see one that i liked or didn't fit the way i wanted to. I didn't want to bother messing around moving buttons and the like. The problem is my bottom half is a size bigger than my top half so any coat i get to fit the bottom is big on the top but some coats are worse than others. This new one isn't too bad. Problem is a lot of times i just get what i can that fits because my size is usually picked over and there isn't a lot left when i do find myself looking for coats. I"m happy with this and i'll be cozy.
Some of you may have heard about the helicopter crash in Hawaii with two tourist couples on board, all four plus the pilot killed. One of the couples was from Ontario but they haven't released the identity of them yet though the crash happened on Thursday. One of my friends from Ottawa had just gone to Hawaii this week so i've been checking the news sites constantly. There were rumours that the couple was from Toronto and that would mean it wasn't the people i know but as they didn't say definitely, i wasn't sure. Luck has it, though, my friend has posted on Facebook a short while ago. She'd been away from the hotel touring a volcano overnight and just returned. I am relieved.
Our office move happens next weekend but we have days to fill between the day we are to be packed and the day we can go to our new desks. I'm going to stay home for two days and take some online training and i've been scheduled for some PHP programming training for Monday and Tuesday with 3 others from one of the other sections. I had though to take that course in January but was told it might not be held where this one was definitely on and the AA was able to get me registered so that will take up the other day plus one. I'll probably go in early on Tuesday to see where my stuff is and maybe hook up the puter before i go to the training centre. If not, well it will be wednesday. I have a new cell mate, one of the GIS programmers who was at another location and we've already discussed that we are easy-come easy-go type people so we should get on pretty well. The colours on the walls are going to be bright and cheery. Not everyone likes them but that's par for the course. We are getting some walls a lime green, some a hot orange and some a deep burgundy. The new carpets are a very light neutral beige which is going to show every drop of coffee that gets spilled unfortunately. I'll take some pics when we get in.
We have a new kitchen and lunchroom as well which the whole floor is sharing. I think they're even building a little shower room which a lot of people have asked for. There are people that bike or walk to work or that go running or working out at dinnertime and wanted a shower.
It was nice having Friday off. November 11 is a holiday here in Canada for most. I think retail is closed as well as banks and government. That's when they do the ceremonies at the cenotaphs and cemeteries, not the nearest Sunday. We government and bank employees do get the Monday off if it falls on a weekend. Glad i didn't have to go to work yesterday too because we had a tropical storm hit with a lot of rain and wind and it was a horrible day to be out. A very good one to snug up inside!
Some of you may have heard about the helicopter crash in Hawaii with two tourist couples on board, all four plus the pilot killed. One of the couples was from Ontario but they haven't released the identity of them yet though the crash happened on Thursday. One of my friends from Ottawa had just gone to Hawaii this week so i've been checking the news sites constantly. There were rumours that the couple was from Toronto and that would mean it wasn't the people i know but as they didn't say definitely, i wasn't sure. Luck has it, though, my friend has posted on Facebook a short while ago. She'd been away from the hotel touring a volcano overnight and just returned. I am relieved.
Our office move happens next weekend but we have days to fill between the day we are to be packed and the day we can go to our new desks. I'm going to stay home for two days and take some online training and i've been scheduled for some PHP programming training for Monday and Tuesday with 3 others from one of the other sections. I had though to take that course in January but was told it might not be held where this one was definitely on and the AA was able to get me registered so that will take up the other day plus one. I'll probably go in early on Tuesday to see where my stuff is and maybe hook up the puter before i go to the training centre. If not, well it will be wednesday. I have a new cell mate, one of the GIS programmers who was at another location and we've already discussed that we are easy-come easy-go type people so we should get on pretty well. The colours on the walls are going to be bright and cheery. Not everyone likes them but that's par for the course. We are getting some walls a lime green, some a hot orange and some a deep burgundy. The new carpets are a very light neutral beige which is going to show every drop of coffee that gets spilled unfortunately. I'll take some pics when we get in.
We have a new kitchen and lunchroom as well which the whole floor is sharing. I think they're even building a little shower room which a lot of people have asked for. There are people that bike or walk to work or that go running or working out at dinnertime and wanted a shower.
It was nice having Friday off. November 11 is a holiday here in Canada for most. I think retail is closed as well as banks and government. That's when they do the ceremonies at the cenotaphs and cemeteries, not the nearest Sunday. We government and bank employees do get the Monday off if it falls on a weekend. Glad i didn't have to go to work yesterday too because we had a tropical storm hit with a lot of rain and wind and it was a horrible day to be out. A very good one to snug up inside!
